Tom Pennington has served as Pastor-Teacher at Countryside Bible Church since October 2003. Prior to arriving in Texas, he served 16 years at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, including as an elder. He spent his last four years there as Senior Associate Pastor and as personal assistant to John MacArthur. Prior to that, he served as Managing Director of Grace to You, overseeing the day-to-day operations of the international radio, tape, publications, and internet ministry.

Tom completed his B.A. and M.A. at Bob Jones University and served as a member of the faculty while taking additional Ph.D. classes in New Testament Interpretation. In 2013, he received an honorary Doctor of Divinity (D.D.) from The Master’s College.

Tom’s teaching ministry is featured on The Word Unleashed®. In addition to his role as Pastor-Teacher, he is actively involved internationally in training pastors in expository preaching. Tom and his wife, Sheila, have three children, Lauren, Katie, and Jessica.

GRACE ALONE

October 27-29, 2017

Dr. Richard Caldwell is Pastor-Teacher of Founders Baptist Church. He has served at Founders since June of 1998, coming to the church after a 10 year pastorate in Elgin, Texas. His passion and gifting lies in the area of verse-by-verse exposition of God’s word.

Pastor Caldwell holds an M.Div. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a D.Min. from The Master’s Seminary. He also serves as the campus pastor of The Expositors Seminary, which has a campus at Founders Baptist Church.

He and his wife, Jacque. have been married since May of 1983 and have four children, Richie, Amber Ramirez (married to Nathan Ramirez), Chris, and Reagan (married to Sydney).